Highland Park parade shooting victims share their pain at gunman's sentencing hearing
Robert Crimo III pleaded guilty last month to 21 counts of first-degree murder and 48 counts of attempted first-degree murder.
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Robert Crimo III pleaded guilty last month to 21 counts of first-degree murder and 48 counts of attempted first-degree murder.
The sentencing hearing for the convicted shooter in the 2022 Highland Park July 4th parade shooting started Wednesday morning. The courtroom was packed with victims, witnesses, and family members waiting to give statements. Survivors were the first to have the opportunity to take the stand.
The convicted shooter in the 2022 Highland Park July 4th parade shooting will face sentencing on Wednesday at 9 a.m.
The convicted shooter in the 2022 Highland Park July 4th parade shooting will face sentencing on Wednesday at 9 a.m.
Classes were cancelled Friday, though some students returned to the campus to retrieve their belongings left behind during the shooting.
The hearing could take two to three days, with more than 50 victim impact statements expected.
Law enforcement said the suspected shooter is the 20-year-old son of a Leon County sheriff's deputy and a student at FSU.
The video appears to show the shooter walking across Florida State's campus Thursday afternoon, with people sprinting away as he opened fire.
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The shooter pleaded guilty to all 21 counts of first-degree murder and 48 counts of attempted murder. He was accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens more at Highland Park's Fourth of July parade in 2022.
Robert Crimo III changed his plea to guilty in the July 4, 2022, parade shooting just as opening statements were set to begin in his trial Monday. Sabrina Franza reports on the surprise development, while Tara Molina reports on reaction from survivors and the community.
The 12-member jury includes a home hospice nurse, a man who owns a trucking company, a part-time college student dreaming of becoming a firefighter and paramedic, and a woman whose great grandfather shot two police officers in 1916.
Jury selection continued for a second day on Tuesday in the murder trial of the man accused of killing seven people and wounding dozens of others in Highland Park, Illinois, during the 4th of July parade in 2022.
The suspected shooter is facing 21 counts of first-degree murder and 48 counts of attempted murder related to the 2022 mass shooting.
Those selected for the trial of the defendant in the 2022 July 4th parade shooting all said they either don’t go on social media, or have not followed the case since the shooting happened. Sabrina Franza reports.
For the first half of the jury selection process Monday, the defendant in the July 4, 2022, mass shooting sat intently — either straight up or at times using his elbow to prop himself up — to look at potential jurors. Sabrina Franza reports.
Judge Victoria Rossetti said victims may have an attorney and a support person with them in the courtroom.
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The cause of the explosion remains under investigation.
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